Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hologram Tupac

Technology and media is so advanced now that it definitely blurs the line between tangible space and non-tangible space. One event that really strikes me is the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It is a 3 day event that features many genres of music, including rock, indie, hip hop and electronic music. The event has several stages/tents set up throughout the grounds, each playing music continuously. It is expected that the biggest name in the game today is being featured such as Prince, Daft Punk, Madonna, Jay Z, The Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Kanye West. However, it is NOT expected that artist such as Tupac, Michael Jackson, Mozart and The Beatles are being featured. We can all agree that the death of a great artist brings forth a strange nostalgia, the death of anything great brings great sadness. When Michael Jackson passed away I was saddened by the fact that I will never be able to see this man perform live, how many of us wish we could bring back the ghost of a artist we admire. Yet this music festival was able to blur the line of real presence and non tangible presence using this new technology hologram that looks almost like a 3D person performing. In the clip of hologram Tupac performing, Snoop Dogg was interacting with the hologram figure and for a moment it looked as if it could be real, atleast closer than any 2D animation could be. It was a really eerie tribute but nonetheless sentimental and touching especially to die hard fans that could never see this man perform live.


Yes, advanced technology may be taking away from many physical spaces but it also creates many new "spaces" and brings forth many new possibilities that were not even imaginable before.


Video Clip of Hologram Tupac at Coachella 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6mL_Jr4Jps&feature=related



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